Cookbook Clubs

Choose a recipe, prepare your dish, and come share with others as we eat and enjoy! The 641 Cookbook Club meets at Dawson County Library, and the Happy Cookers' Cookbook Club meets at Lumpkin County Library. New members are always welcome!

Family Passes @ Your Library

Gingerbread House Decorating!

What could be better than peppermint rooftops and gumdrop lanes? Join us for our annual Gingerbread House Decorating! Bring a tray or cookie sheet to be the foundation of your gingerbread house. Space is limited, so registration is required.

New! Science Fiction Book Club

The Science Fiction Book Club will meet at 5:30 PM every third Tuesday at Dawson County Library, beginning January 16th. The first book selection is Dark Matter by Blake Crouch. Come by the library and check out a copy today!

Adult Programs

We are very…VERY sad to announce that we will have to CANCEL our stupendous, wonderific Star Wars Celebration Day, originally scheduled for this Saturday, December 16th.

Believe us, we are just as sad as we’re sure you are but know this…May the 4th…will be…EPIC!
Stay tuned for news on the biggest, boldest, awesomest Star Wars Celebration in the history of Dawson County Library, coming your way May 2018.

And don’t forget to go see Star Wars: The Last Jedi in theaters this weekend!

Spaceships, aliens, mass pandemics! Oh my! Join fellow science fiction fans as we read and discuss a recently published book every third Tuesday of the month.

The first meeting is on January 16th at 5:30 PM. We will be discussing Dark Matter by Blake Crouch, a “relentlessly surprising science-fiction thriller about choices, paths not taken, and how far we’ll go to claim the lives we dream of.”

Lumpkin County LibraryTuesday, December 1911:00 – 5:00pm

We are having a special LEGO Free-build Day! Families are welcome to stop in anytime to build as little or as much as you would like. We will provide the LEGO bricks, and we will display the creations in the main library after the program. What a great way to spend a day off school!

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Your generous gift will help enable the Library to provide after-school programs and homework assistance for the many children and teens who visit the library each week. The funds also support the Summer Reading Program, children’s events, adult cultural programs, and the purchase of hundreds of books and materials for the community. Your donations also allow the Library to offer computers and the Internet to patrons who would not otherwise have access.

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